Sep 25th 09
Posted by in Guitar, Lessons
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For this weeks lesson we continued with the ※circle of notes§ diagram that I wrote about in my last lesson. My instructor Kit likes to call this his ※Dr. Seuss§ lesson since at first glance it doesn*t quite make sense and I need to trust that it*s going somewhere. This week I learned that this was more than just a memorization exercise to learn the notes backwards and forwards from any given note as I wrote last week. This time, Kit added two new circles (shown below) with different ※note spacing§ between the notes.
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Sep 23rd 09
Posted by in Featured Articles, Fender, Gear, Gibson, Guitar
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Not to be outdone by Gibson*s recent announcment and revealing of the Jimi Hendrix inspired guitar, Fender today announced they have just finished production of their new Fender Les Paul Model*. The model will soon be available at all Wal*Marts for a retail price of $199.99US and will include three picks, four guitar cables, a guitar strap, a ※Les Is More Amplifier§, and a LP-500 Multi-Track Recorder.
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Sep 22nd 09
Posted by in Featured Articles, Gear, Gibson, Guitar, Pignose, Reviews, Videos
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Ever since I first saw Crossroads when I was a kid, I thought the Pignose 7-100 amplifier was pretty cool and wanted one (along with a Fender Telecaster). I*m not sure why I never bought one since they aren*t exactly cost prohibitive. When I first tried to learn guitar when I was younger we didn*t have the internet (wow, I just felt really old saying that) so it wasn*t like I could go on ebay to find one. My gear selection was limited to the three guitar shops in town and none of them had the Pignose. Well here I am (many) years later and taking up the guitar again and the Pignose 7-100 popped back into my mind and I picked one up.
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Sep 21st 09
Posted by in Featured Articles, Gibson, Guitar
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This blog is here because of my love of guitars. For my day job I*m a photographer. I recently decided to combine the two and started taking pictures of guitars and offering fine art prints of my guitar images. Due to the positive response I*ve received about the images and prints and to commemorate the new images and print offer I decided to give away three prints.
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Sep 18th 09
Posted by in Gear, Gibson, Guitar
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The folks over at Gibson are apparently going to make a Jimi Hendrix signature model guitar. I find this a bit curious. While yes it is true he did play a Gibson Flying V on occasion, I think we all know Jimi*s main guitar was a Fender Stratocaster. If they were to do a Jimi Hendrix Flying V, that would be cool, but from the sound of the article that*s not what this is going to be. These guitars are ※inspired by§ Jimi Hendrix.
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